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Friday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[248] Wis 2:1a, 12-22;Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Hours of the day.
Birthday:
42nd birthday of D. Ricardo Sebastian NOGUEIRO (born this day in 1981).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1578
At Lisbon, Rodolf Acquaviva and 13 companions embarked for India. Among the companions were Matthew Ricci and Michael Ruggieri.
1582
Pope Gregory XIII signed the papal bull for the reform of the calendar. Fr. Christopher Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and mathematician, contributed greatly to the fashioning of the new Gregorian calendar.
1603
At Richmond, in Surrey, died Queen Elizabeth, after a long reign of 45 years, during which many Jesuits and others suffered martyrdom for their faith.
1657
The last of the Provincial Letters of Paschal is published.
1980
Archbishop Oscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador. Jesuit alumnus and friend.
